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Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a human rights organisation in West Bengal regarding the tragic deaths of eight indigenous tribespeople due to prol...

On September 21 the Royal Thai Consulate General in Hong Kong wrote to the Asian Human Rights Commission. In the letter, the consul general said that despite the September 19 military coup “the ...

We refer to the recent Supreme Court (please see below for reference) and our subsequent statements on this matter. As there has been considerable interest in this case and also some confusion we are ...

The Asian Human Rights Commission draws your kind attention to Sundara Arachige Lalith Rajapakse who was the author of the communication mentioned above. The AHRC understands that a copy of the decisi...

NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Pakistan auth...

(RE: UA-164-2004: INDONESIA: The family receives death threats for demanding an impartial inquiry into the death of Munir; UP-30-2005: Unveiling of suspect in Munir’s death may end further inqui...

[NOTICE: The AHRC have developed a new automatic letter-sending system using the “button” below. However, in this appeal, we could not include e-mail addresses of some of the Cambodian au...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission has been informed about two separate incidents against the religious minority called Ahmadi sect in Punjab province, Pakistan. In one case, the Daily Al...

Dear friends, Since the army launched its coup in Thailand on September 19, it has moved fast to curtail civil liberties and detain members of the former caretaker government. There is growing resista...

[RE: UP-181-2006: BANGLADESH: Santa’s family facing harassment by the Wazirpur police in Barisal; UP-114-2006: Safety measures must be taken to ensure the lives of Shahin Sultana Santa and her husb...

[RE: UA-205-2005: INDONESIA: Three men face execution after President rejects clemency; UP-070-2006: Death sentence must be stayed and new evidence thoroughly investigated; UP-090-2006: Supreme Court ...

The September 19 military coup has been described by some persons as benign. Their reasoning goes that the government of Thaksin Shinawatra was bad and intransigent. Whatever way it could be removed w...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from a reliable source regarding the alleged abduction, brutal torture and murder of a 24-year-old man, Mr. Santa Bahadu...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding two corresponding cases of subsequent torture of persons by provincial sectors of the Indonesian Police and co...

The Asian Human Rights Commission reiterates its condemnation of the military coup in Thailand and calls for immediate restoration of the constitution and civilian government. Since this morning, Sept...

Earlier the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) circulated the complete text of this judgement (please see AS-217-2006).  Among the many completely baseless legal positions on which this judgement ...

The Asian Human Rights Commission condemns the military coup in Thailand and calls for immediate restoration of civilian government. At approximately 10pm on September 19 a group of officers headed by...

Dear friends, The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is deeply concerned by another forced disappearance in the ongoing conflict on the Jaffna peninsula, Sri Lanka. A Tamil ethnic, Mr. Irajeevan Sat...

RE: UP-114-2006: BANGLADESH: Safety measures must be taken to ensure the lives of Shahin Sultana Santa and her husband; UP-112-2006: Court dismisses charges against alleged perpetrators; UP-101-200...

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) greatly appreciates your address to the second session of the UN Human Rights Council on September 18, 2006, and in particular the attention you gave to the pe...